About Telam Village

Telam is a mid sized village in Katekalyan tehsil, in the district of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,355, made up of 653 males and 702 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,075 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1385.49 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494552, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Telam Overview

Census 2011 figures for Telam village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Dakshin Bastar Dantewada
Tehsil	Katekalyan
Pincode	494552
Area (hectares)	1385.49 hectares
Population	1,355
Male Population	653
Female Population	702
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,075
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Telam compares

By the 2011 count Telam is the 12th largest of the 43 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,008 residents. Its 1385.49 hectares work out to about 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1080.

Getting to Telam

Telam is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Telam as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Telam from other places

Telam lies about 16 km from Dakshin Bastar Dantewada, and the nearest railway station is Kaklur, about 16 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Telam
Tehsil headquarters	Katekalyan	9.3 km
District headquarters	Dakshin Bastar Dantewada	16 km
Nearest railway station	Kaklur	16 km
Nearest town	Bacheli	32 km

Villages closest to Telam

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Katekalyan tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Telam

As per the Census of India 2011, Telam village had a population of 1,355. That makes it the 12th largest of the 43 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,008 residents.

Telam village has 653 males and 702 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Telam has about 1075 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1080.

The pincode recorded for Telam is 494552. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Telam covers 1385.49 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Telam falls under Katekalyan tehsil of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Telam is Kaklur, about 16 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Telam.

Telam is about 16 km from Dakshin Bastar Dantewada in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Telam is in Katekalyan tehsil of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district. Katekalyan is about 9.3 km away. Dakshin Bastar Dantewada is about 16 km away. Kaklur is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.